Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis c at United Hospital

333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 16, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$148.56

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$309.50

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$16.78 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $255.00 with all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $16.78 ↓ -89%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $39.88 ↓ -73%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $41.67 ↓ -72%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $41.98 ↓ -72%
medicare medicare (u) $41.98 ↓ -72%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $42.80 ↓ -71%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $42.80 ↓ -71%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $44.08 ↓ -70%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $44.08 ↓ -70%
medica medica medicare (u) $44.08 ↓ -70%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $44.23 ↓ -70%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $47.62 ↓ -68%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $51.31 ↓ -65%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $52.04 ↓ -65%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $53.50 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $55.86 ↓ -62%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $56.61 ↓ -62%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $58.80 ↓ -60%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $77.22 ↓ -48%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $89.28 ↓ -40%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $89.89 ↓ -39%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $95.63 ↓ -36%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $113.22 ↓ -24%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $139.33 ↓ -6%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $144.20 ↓ -3%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $154.28 ↑ +4%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $170.65 ↑ +15%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $178.50 ↑ +20%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $188.70 ↑ +27%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $189.36 ↑ +27%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $197.70 ↑ +33%
medica medica essentials (u m) $197.70 ↑ +33%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $204.00 ↑ +37%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $208.08 ↑ +40%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $214.20 ↑ +44%
all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) all other contracted care (a b c d m h n o r s u v) $255.00 ↑ +72%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis c at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $455.20 $137.75 – $512.10
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $124.00 $37.53 – $139.50
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $119.20 $36.07 – $134.10
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $125.60 $38.01 – $141.30
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $124.00 $37.53 – $139.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $120.80 $51.53 – $135.00
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $120.80 $51.53 – $135.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $156.91 $20.71 – $169.20

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